After almost three years of working at
Feinheit I quit my job to concentrate on my animation work. I have learned so much, worked on cool projects, and in the later stages was able to put my character animation skills to use on several projects.
I met some very fine folks there and many of them have become close friends over time. So that's the sad part about leaving the company.
On the other hand I'm really excited about taking the challenge to find my way into the animation industry and I'm looking forward to what the future may bring.
Right now I'm freelancing as a Character Animator, so my plans worked out quite nicely so far.
After years of working mostly on one man projects it's great to finally work within a team of 3D Artists and it's super rewarding to see your animated shots making their way through the production pipeline and come out a little shinier with each step.
I use my spare time to work on my reel, adding new shots and polishing the existing ones. For that purpose I'm taking an online workshop with ILM Animator JD Haas over at
Spungella, and he has been great in giving me advice and pointing me in the right direction to improve my reel. I hope I'll be able to post an update in the near future.
And if I'm not animating, I'm working on a couple script ideas for potential animated shorts. Nothing fancy, but I am learning a lot about story structure, character arcs and all that stuff. It helps a lot in terms of animation and getting behind the motivations of my characters. You know subtext and all these fancy words. And who knows, maybe I'll get a Kickstarter going one day;)
Guess that's it for now
Take care
C
